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Wednesday, 14 December 2016 11:59

Claire Trott: Hiring hard enough without gender diversity goals

Claire Trott, Head of Pensions Strategy, Technical Connection.

Today saw the release of the ‘Women In Finance’ charter and although I haven’t really been engaged in the production of this, I decided as a woman, maybe I should take a look to see if I was missing out on something that might change my life or the life of my colleagues.

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Monday, 12 December 2016 12:34

Details of new auto-enrolment review revealed

The DWP has announced it will look to plug the gaps in automatic enrolment to help those with multiple low-income jobs.

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Friday, 09 December 2016 10:05

Veteran pensions expert retires after career spanning five decades

A veteran pensions expert, whose career spanned over five decades, is retiring.

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Wednesday, 07 December 2016 11:10

Govt weighs new SSAS regulations to combat scams

The DWP is seeking suggestions on how it can stop SSASs being used in pension scams.

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Wednesday, 30 November 2016 12:01

Huge jump to 1.5m in people seeking state pension forecasts

In the six months after the launch of the new State Pension in April more than 1.5 million personal State Pension forecasts were issued, says the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Friday, 25 November 2016 10:22

Fears that SSAS could be victim of scam crackdown

A Financial Planning firm director fears genuine entrepreneurial investors maybe put off from using flexible pensions such as SSAS, following signals of a scam crackdown.

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Thursday, 24 November 2016 10:19

Mike Morrison: When will we realise what we've done?

Mike Morrison Head of Platform Technical, AJ Bell

‘Another one bites the dust!’ A tenuous way to start an article I know, but it is in response to the news that another insurance company has decided not to continue in the annuity market (LV=).

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Wednesday, 23 November 2016 15:44

Govt to examine pensions cold call ban after planner campaign

A consultation looking at a new law to ban pension cold calls has been announced by the Government this afternoon.

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Monday, 21 November 2016 11:23

Campaigner: Don't let cold call ban fail due to investments

A new law to ban pension cold calls must be prevented from having a “chink in the armour” by failing to include investments, an adviser heading the campaign says.

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Thursday, 17 November 2016 15:03